Ten Great Things About Being a Vicar’s Wife

Posted by Ed Zirkle on January 26, 2015
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After watching Grandchester on PBS and finding out what a ‘curate’ was came across this wonderful blog. Enjoy.

The Vicar's Wife

Inspired by Steve Tilley’s list of reasons to be married to a priest I thought I’d add a Vicar’s wife’s perspective. We’ve not watched the offending episode of Rev yet – we were interrupted before viewing on iPlayer by the Vicar’s diocesan golf team partner arriving to stay over so that he and the Vicar could get an early start off to their tournament today.

Anyway, I love being a Vicar’s wife, and here are some of the reasons why:

  1. I have a husband who is serious about loving me as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5v25).
  2. We get to work as a team in all sorts of ways (hospitality, church strategy, cleaning the churchyard…)
  3. My husband is around to take kids to and from school, take them swimming and eat with the family most nights.
  4. He’s involved with the kids’ primary school and knows their teachers better than…

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A Family Affair, la familia

Posted by Ed Zirkle on October 4, 2014
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Tonight at Leti and Matt’s is a family, la familia, affair for a very special event.  As we eat tamales, not just any tamales, hecho a mano tamales by Mrs. Martin, the kind you will never find anywhere but home.  Leti’s Mon and Dad are down to San Diego for a very special event as my baby brother, Matt, has a pinning ceremony tomorrow, being it is only 10:30 here.

This is one of those events that come once in a lifetime for a family.  Matt will get pinned with his first star in the Navy as a Rear Admiral Lower Half.  He is still my baby brother, but as the eldest family member I couldn’t be prouder of him as he carries on a family tradition of serving out Country.  Our Grandfather served as a Marine in WWI and Dad served in WWII in the Army Air Corps, his eldest brother served in the Army and now Matt has reached the highest honor serving in the Navy.

Tomorrow I will have more official news and pictures.

Honor, Courage and Commitment

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TBDBITL

Posted by Ed Zirkle on September 13, 2014
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One thing that Mom loved was fall and the Buckeyes, especially the band. And one of the best show ever on stage is The Ohio State Marching Band on the stage at Vets Memorial. Close to the stage where you could feel everything!
This half time show you would love. Enjoy…

Widelux and other images of the World Trade Center

Posted by Ed Zirkle on September 11, 2014
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Mid 1980's refurbishing the Statue of Liberty and downtown Manhattan.Widelux transparencies scanned of the World Trade Center.

We are Groot

Posted by Ed Zirkle on July 31, 2014
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I’m not a fan boy nor do I know the ins and outs of the Marvel comic book universe, but the movies from them are great and I thought I’d see what ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ was all about.

Briefly, so as to not give anything away, sort of…  GREAT movie, even greater music.  Fun to watch and now I have to connect the dots at Marvel.  We are Groot, we grove to the music.

At the end of the film the audience applauded and NO one left.  Now I have to see how they take the end of the movie, end, and tie it all together.  Enjoy the flick, so worth it.

Ck it out.

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